Sudan: Electoral body spells out guidelines for election

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese National Elections Commission (NEC) has announced it will start receiving, from next week, candidacy forms from persons interested in contesting Sudan’s presidential and legislative elections scheduled for April.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, NEC said the forms would be received in Khartoum's Friendship Hall 11-17 Jan.

It said the application forms should be accompanied by nationality, birth and education certificates, in addition to a written declaration of personal property.

Each candidate, it said, has to produce a list of 15,000 eligible voters from at least 15 of the country's 18 states seconding his candidacy, provided each list is signed by the respective state Election Commission Chair.